Two railroad companies could be trying to put a deal into loco-"motion." Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have started to examine the possibility of a merger, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal,

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirmed that they are in “advanced” merger talks that would create a single U.S railroad with service stretching from the East to the West Coast. The Associated Press reported last week that the companies were discussing a tie-up but neither company acknowledged that until Thursday morning.